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Image editors are a large breed.
I have been a diehard IrfanView user ever since it came out.
It very rightlyblows Windows Viewer out of the water.
Firstly,FastStone Image Viewer(ver.4.2) at a download size of 4.5MB is more compact than IrfanView.
It comes in three download options (exe, zip, or portable).
Taking them all up would be too much of a read, so let’s look at10really cool ones.
Support for Lots of Image Formats
Supports many digital image formats as illustrated in the screenshot above.
Choice of Skins and Languages
you’ve got the option to select from10 skinsand19 languages.
it’s possible for you to also create folders for the images as you go.
it’s possible for you to move between the images in full screen view.
Moving the mouse to four corners of the screen brings up different control panels.
Moving the mouse to the top corner pops up theThumbnail web app Windowlike a photo strip.
it’s possible for you to use this to jump to different images.
A mouseover on the left side of the screen brings up theFile Management Window.
You will find here many of the file and image editing functions.
The bottom corner is for theControl Bar and the Navigator Windowfor other program functions.
Image Management with Sort and Tag
Sorting rearranges how the thumbnails are viewed in FastStone.
you’re able to arrange them in many ways from theSort Boxin the toolbar.
you’re able to also drag " n drop images to custom sort them as you wish.
FastStone remembers the order when you come back to the folder.
For more image control, you’re free to tag (and untag) images via FastStone.
By default it is off.
Tagging is a way to select different files and perform operations on them without touching any of the others.
Use the Draw Board
The Draw Board is for adding text, graphics and watermarks to images.
Creating and Saving Slideshows
Many image editors will play a slideshow with a single click.
FastStone does one better by letting you create and package one using theSlideshow Builder.
you might select images, add text, music, and choice of156 transitionsto make one in a jiffy.
As a Screen Capture Tool
This is what we web workers always need.
Check out the screenshot above which shows you the screen capture prowess of FastStone.
Some features that have gone unmentioned
I have covered some of the bells and whistles which I really liked.
Image EXIF metadata support and comment editing for JPEGs.
Image collection tools likeContact Sheet Builder, Multi-page File Builder,andImage Strip Builder.
Also included is aMulti-page File Splitterwhich can extract images from a multi-page file.
Just the thing for those family photos.
The long list of features thatFastStone Image Vieweroffers can seem overwhelming at first.
I did, and now the image tool is an indispensable part of my PC.
Will this great freeware prove to be the same for you?
